GELLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 79-1117.

87 Ill. App.3d 972 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 262

BENJAMIN GELLER, Indiv. and d/b/a Ben Geller Chevrolet, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Vittum, Jr., and Donald W. Rupert, both of Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago, and Otis M. Smith and Burton L. Ansell, both of General Motors Corporation, of Detroit, Michigan, for appellant.

William S. Wigoda, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from the granting of plaintiff's section 72 petition (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 72) to reinstate his cause of action. Defendant contends that the petition was insufficient as a matter of law and that the earlier order dismissing plaintiff's cause was correct. We affirm.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant on January 26, 1976, the merits of which...

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